OREANDA-NEWS. October 27, 2009. In January-September, 2009, the amount of wine produced by the Moldovan companies amounted to 991,6 million leis (US89,3 million), or 29% less than at the same period of 2008. As it was informed at the National Bureau of Statistics, for 9 months of 2009 the production of the distilled alcohol beverages in cash has declined by 30,5% - up to 257,7 million leis (US 23.2 million ).

The reduction in volume of alcohol production in Moldova is due to the global financial crisis. In 2008, the wine production in Moldova grew by 26% - up to 2 billion 163,3 million leis (US 194.9 million at the NBM’s rate for today) and production of distilled alcohol beverages increased by 6.2% - up to 490,5 million leis (US 44.2 million).